Painters
- Rolf Aamot (born 1934), painter, film director, photographer and tonal-image composer
- Alf-Jørgen Aas (1915–1981), painter
- Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831–1892), painter, who specialized in painting historical motifs and images from Norse mythology
- Dina Aschehoug (1861–1956), painter
- Nikolai Astrup (1880–1928), painter
- Kjell Aukrust (1920–2002), author, poet, artist
- Marianne Aulie (born 1971), artist
- Harriet Backer (1845–1932), painter
- Peder Balke (1804–1887), landscape painter
- Hans Dahl (1849–1937), painter of landscapes and genre works
- Johan Christian Dahl (1788–1857), landscape painter
- Ludvig Eikaas (1920–2010), painter and graphic designer
- Bjarne Eriksen (1882–1970), painter, brother of Sigurd
- Sigurd Eriksen (1884–1976), painter, brother of Bjarne
- Thomas Fearnley (1802–1842), romanticist landscape painter
- Kai Fjell (1907–1989), painter, printmaker and scenographer
- Johannes Flintoe (1787–1870), painter, known for his depiction of Norwegian landscapes, and scenes from Danish and Scandinavian history
- Paul René Gauguin (1911–1976), painter and graphic designer, grandson of Paul Gauguin
- Rolf Groven (born 1943), painter, known for his satirical art painted in figurative style
- Hans Gude (1825–1903), romanticist painter of landscapes
- Håkon Gullvåg (born 1959), painter of portraits
- Carl von Hanno (1901–1953), painter, especially of seascapes
- Aasta Hansteen (1824–1908), painter, writer, and early feminist
- Karl Erik Harr (born 1940), painter, illustrator, graphic artist and author
- Jean Heiberg (1884–1976), painter and sculptor
- Lars Hertervig (1830–1902), painter
- Kristen Holbø (1869–1953), painter and illustrator
- Thorolf Holmboe (1866–1935), painter, illustrator, and designer
- Håvard Homstvedt (born 1976), painter
- Olaf Isaachsen (1835–1893), painter
- Lars Jorde (1865–1939), painter
- Theodor Kittelsen (1857–1914), painter especially of nature scenes and illustrations of fairy tales and legends
- Konrad Knudsen (1890–1959), painter, journalist, and parliamentarian
- Christian Krohg (1852–1925), naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist
- Oda Krohg (1860–1935), painter
- Olaf Lange (1875–1965), painter and graphic designer
- Dagny Tande Lid (1903–1998), painter and illustrator
- Jonas Lie (1880–1940), painter of the sea, channels, and ships
- Bjørg Lødøen (born 1931), painter, graphics artist, and composer
- Edvard Munch (1863-1944), Symbolist painter, printmaker, and a forerunner of expressionistic art
- Odd Nerdrum (born 1944), figurative painter
- Rolf Nesch (1893–1975), expressionist painter and printmaker
- Kjell Nupen (born 1955), painter and sculptor, known for his use of a particular shade of blue
- Vebjørn Sand (born 1966), painter and artist
- Otto Sinding (1842–1909), painter
- Christian Skredsvig (1854–1924), painter and writer
- Harald Sohlberg (1869–1935), neo-romantic painter especially of mountains of Rondane and the town of Røros
- Frits Thaulow (1847–1906), impressionist painter
- Adolph Tidemand (1814–1876), painter
- Bernt Tunold (1877–1946), landscape painter
- Emanuel Vigeland (1875–1948), artist of frescos, stained glass and sculptures
- Erik Werenskiold (1855–1938), painter and illustrator
- Oscar Wergeland (1844–1910) historical painter
- Herman Willoch (1892–1968), painter of frescoes
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